Conan: This repairman is not very knowledgeable

Chapter 278 Still too young
"Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long, brother Wakisaka." Yuhiro Kusaya held up a lighter to illuminate the area and finally found Shigehiko Wakisaka in the huge abandoned factory.

"No, I just arrived not long ago."

With narrowed eyes, Shigehiko Wakisaka patted his head and greeted him with a smile.

"Where is the thing you mentioned?" Youhong Zaowa went straight to the point and asked about the whereabouts of a certain item.

Shigehiko Wakisaka found a pile of firewood from somewhere, threw it into an abandoned iron barrel and lit it to use for lighting.

He pointed to the darkness nearby. In the light of the fire, he could vaguely make out a wooden box there.

“I put it in that wooden box.”

"Yeah!"

Zaowu Youhong's steps immediately became lighter, and you couldn't tell at all that he was a man in his sixties weighing nearly 200 kilograms.

There were a lot of messy things in the wooden box. The fat old man held up the lighter in his hand to illuminate it, and it was very difficult to see. He couldn't help but complain: "There are so many things in here, and the light is dim, I can't tell what is what."

"There is a flashlight next to the box, use that to search." Shigehiko Wakisaka looked at the back of the old man squatting in front of the wooden box. A smile appeared on his face, and his squinting eyes finally opened, with a very gloomy expression.

That’s right, it’s perfect for finding your dream Tiger Roll!

"I advise you not to turn on that flashlight."

Just when Youhong Zawu touched the flashlight, other people's voices suddenly sounded in the darkness.

As the words fell, the three detectives revealed their true faces.

"If you open it, you will be burned to charcoal, just like Mr. Kato." Hattori put his hands in his pockets and took the lead in attacking.

If before, several people still had doubts about the device on the castle tower that caused the explosion, then after seeing this flashlight, everything was explained.

"You, what did you say?!" Zaowu Youhong's hands trembled, and he immediately put down the flashlight and stepped back.

Don’t worry about whether what the other person says is true or not, safety comes first.

"That's right, this explains the explosion." Qiangda Yumi nodded and walked to the wooden box. She was afraid that there was no Tiger Scroll inside.

If you want to harm someone on the roof of the castle tower in the dark, it would be best to have a flashlight.

The No. 1 battery I picked up earlier was probably blown away by the explosion.

And those charred plastic fragments were most likely the remains of a flashlight.

"Are you saying that Mr. Kato was killed by him?" Arihiro Kusaya glanced at the female detective standing next to the bomb, thinking that she was very brave. He turned and ran to a safer place next to Hattori and asked.

"Not only Mr. Kato, but also Ms. Katagiri. The murderer who killed both of them is Mr. Wakisaka in front of us." Hattori said to Shigehiko Wakisaka.

As for the bait, it is also very simple, it is the scroll recording Toyotomi Hideyoshi's treasure.

This Taiko Hideyoshi travel group, using this thing, will definitely catch one every time, right?
"He prepared a flashlight on the roof of the castle tower in advance and told Mr. Kato that the scroll was hidden on the roof. He would definitely avoid the daytime hours when there are more tourists and sneak in at night. Then, this flashlight would come in handy."

Qiangtian Yumei said slowly.

It would be very painful if you don’t participate in the final reasoning phase.

The purpose of the bomb was not to kill or injure anyone. The flashlight must have been tampered with, storing a combustion aid such as kerosene. After the explosion, there was no escape, and the flames instantly engulfed the whole body.

"So that's how it is. After Kato climbed onto the roof, he found something more useful than his lighter, and without hesitation, he pressed the switch and lost his life."

Arihiro Kusaya looked at the squinting eyes of Shigehiko Wakisaka, his eyes slightly fixed.

"The power of the flashlight was well adjusted. Apart from some plastic fragments, there were almost no traces left. There were no fingerprints of other people on Mr. Kato's lighter. It would be easy for people to think of suicide."

"However, the battery did not explode. It flew to the bottom of the castle tower and pointed us in the direction." Hattori said.

Although this method is clever, it leaves many loopholes that are unavoidable.

Even if this group of detectives were not present, explosions and self-immolation are two completely different things, and the police would naturally be able to detect them later.

"And how did he kill Katagiri? The two girls who witnessed it explained it very clearly. When Katagiri set the fire himself, there was no one else around him."

Youhong Zaowa couldn't understand this.

It is said that after Katagiri lit the fire, he struggled for a while before falling off the bridge. Judging from this, suicide is more likely, right?

"Because, the person performing on the bridge at that time was not Miss Katagiri at all, right?" Conan fiddled with his little watch, raised his head and asked Wakisaka Shigehiko innocently.

I've been holding it in for so long, finally let me get a word in!

Wakisaka Shigehiko showed a surprised expression.

"I believed what Xiaolan and Heye said from the beginning to the end. I kept thinking about what went wrong. The criminal actually let the deceased stand on the bridge, set himself on fire with a lighter, and then fell off the bridge after struggling."

"It wasn't until I smelled the kerosene smell of Miss Katagiri's coat, which was concentrated on the back, that I figured it out." Ikumi Gunda said with a smile.

That’s right, it was Miss Katagiri who was soaking in the water, and the criminal did pour kerosene on her body.

However, the person performing on the bridge was another person.

Just by looking at the degree of burns on Miss Katagiri's coat, it can be seen that something is wrong, which is inconsistent with the image of her being covered in flames as described by Xiaolan and the others.

"He probably also used the information from the scroll to invite Miss Katagiri to the bridge, killed her with a heavy object like a rock, then threw her under the bridge, doused her with kerosene, and waited for someone to pass by before staging this big show."

Hattori nodded and said.

When someone came over, Shigehiko Wakisaka first set his coat on fire and pretended to struggle. Then, when he jumped off the bridge, he threw the lighter on Miss Katagiri and ignited the kerosene. The trick was completed.

After that, just hold your breath and swim in the water to escape the scene.

"But, on a rainy day like this, it's normal for no one to pass by the bridge for even an hour or half an hour. In this case, if there are no witnesses, the time of death will be different, right?"

Arihiro Kusaya glanced up and down at Shigehiko Wakisaka, who was keeping his head down and not saying anything.

This guy is no ordinary person, as he is setting himself on fire.

If it were me, I would just find a place to burn the body after killing someone, without having to spend so much time and effort.

Still too young.

(End of this chapter)